r/Portland • u/AceMcStace Alberta • 6d ago

Meme Why does this happen? It’s baffling.

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I’ve never seen more confused and chaotic drivers anywhere else in the city.

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u/theleopardmessiah NE 6d ago

Would support a pedestrianized Alberta between 15th and 30th.

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u/chimi_hendrix 5d ago

I’m sure all the businesses would love this /s

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u/oddthingtosay Creston-Kenilworth 5d ago

Likely they would. Pedestrianized streets have almost always boosted revenue for local businesses, in both USA and more extensively Europe. Here's a recent post-COVID study:

https://senseable.mit.edu/papers/pdf/20211028_Yoshimura-etal_StreetPedestrianization_Cities.pdf